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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

10/24/2022

 

Week of October 24, 2022 | TK | Halloween Witches

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Two Little Witches: a Halloween Counting Story, by Harriet Ziefert
Count ten trick-or-treaters on a Halloween night and watch them disappear at the spooky old house.

Where's the Halloween Treat? by Harriet Ziefert

A counting book in which the children receive Halloween goodies from costumed hosts.

​Halloween Bugs, by David A. Carter
Behind each spooky door lurks a different Halloween pop-up surprise....Trick-or-treating becomes spine-tingling fun with the ghostly, ghoulie Bugs inside! 
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Crafty Connection Witch coloring sheet

Week of October 24, 2022 | Kindergarten | Halloween Witches

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Excuse Me... Are You a Witch? by Emily Horn
Herbert doesn't have a home but he loves visiting the library where it's warm and there are lots of good books to read.

Taffy Finds a Halloween Witch, by Donna Lugg Pape
Taffy is a little orange cat who wishes to be a black cat in order to be good enough for a witch to take home and love.

Halloween Bugs, by David A. Carter
Behind each spooky door lurks a different Halloween pop-up surprise....Trick-or-treating becomes spine-tingling fun with the ghostly, ghoulie Bugs inside! 
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Crafty Connection Witch coloring sheet

Week of October 24, 2022 | First Grade | Halloween Costumes

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The Best Halloween of All, by Susan Wojciechowski
A young boy recalls all the Halloween costume agonies he's been through, until, at last, he gets to do things his own way

Video Becoming Sven For the musical "Frozen," an actor transforms into a four-legged, hoofed and antlered scene-stealer named Sven, using a nearly 50-pound puppet so convincing that you might forget there's a person planking inside (Seattle Times)
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Crafty Connection Witch coloring sheet

Week of October 24, 2022 | Second Grade | Halloween Monsters

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One Hungry Monster, by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe
A small boy tries to control ten insatiable monsters demanding food and creating chaos throughout the house at bedtime.
Crafty Connection Applesauce Cinnamon Oat Muffin Recipe

My Teacher Is a Monster! by Peter Brown
Bobby has the worst teacher. She's loud, she yells, and if you throw paper airplanes, she won't allow you to enjoy recess. She is a monster! But over the course of one day, Bobby learns that monsters are not always what they seem.
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Video The Paper Airplane Guy
Crafty Connection Folding paper airplanes at school... now that's scary!

Week of October 24, 2022 | Third Grade | Scary Fun for Halloween

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A Spoonful of Frogs, by Casey Lyall
A witch is having a hard time wrangling a bunch of frogs into her frog soup until she comes up with a surprising solution.

At-Home Activity Fold an origami Jumping Frog 
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I Want to Be in a Scary Story, by Sean Taylor
Monster wants to be the star of a scary story, but scary stories can be very scary...especially for their characters! 

Crafty Connection Haunted house coloring sheet
At-Home Activity Make a haunted house​

​Week of October 24, 2022 | Fourth Grade

Library closed Thursday for vision and hearing screenings; fourth grade visits canceled.

Week of October 24, 2022 | Fifth Grade | The Meals of Odd Eaters

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Zombies Don't Eat Veggies, by Megan and Jorge Lacera
Although Mo's parents insist he eat zombie cuisine, Mo craves vegetables and strives to get them to taste recipes made from his hidden garden.

Kitchen Connection See the publisher's teaching guide for the gazpacho recipe from the book

TED-Ed Video The Wild World of Carnivorous Plants 



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